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Police search for man with rifle seen near L.A. Trade Tech campus

May 16, 2011 | 1:42
pm

Los Angeles police closed off streets around the corner of 23rd Street and Grand Avenue south of downtown amid reports of a man carrying a high-powered rifle.

Witnesses reported seeing the man near the L.A. Trade Tech campus. KTLA-TV Channel 5 showed video of LAPD officers and L.A. County Sheriff's Department deputies massing around the campus to search for the man. Traffic in the area has been disrupted.